Monthly Archives: June 2014

Annualized housing starts crossed the 1 million mark in April for the first time this year, but little of that improvement came on the single-family side—and that’s a serious problem, says the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Measuring new homebuilding against employment numbers—which only recently recovered from their recessionary decline—NAR finds that historically, there is one new home…

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury released the May edition of the Obama Administration’s Housing Scorecard [1] on Friday. The government report showed progress, noting growth in key indicators such as increasing equity and a rebound in the sale of new and existing homes. According…

After the rollercoaster ride that has been the past six years, the national housing market is finally in a place that, at least for the moment, looks stable. Better yet, it looks downright sustainable, if the latest Trulia Price Monitor is to be believed. According to Trulia, for the first time since July 2012, none…

“I just don’t have enough time to get everything done.” “There’s so much to do and so little time.” “24 hours just isn’t enough time to get everything done.” Have you ever found yourself uttering one of these phrases (or something similar) during an exceptionally busy period of your life? Perhaps you feel that way…